Corn planter and marker



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0-. A. ANDERSON. CORN PLANTER AND MARKER.

Patented May 2 u, FETERS, mwmmwe, Wuhhgton, a. c.

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O.A.ANDERSON. 001m PLANTBR AND MARKER. No. 257,429.- Patented May2,1-882 Uwirnn STATES PATENT amen-g1,

CHARLES A. ANDERSON, OF MINERAL RIDGE, ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALF TO CHARLES NELSON, OF KINGSTON, IOW'A.

CORN PLANT'ER AND MARKER.

S PECIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,429, dated May 2,1882. Application filed September 30, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Bait known that I, OHARLEs A. ANDER- SON, of Mineral Ridge, in the county of Boone and State of Iowa, have invented an Improved (Jorn Planter and Marker, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement of Patent No. 174,179, issued to me February 29, 1876; and my object is to accomplish the results contem plated by constructing my operating mechanism in the form of an attachment that can be readily applied to the carriages of cornplanters of various styles of manufacture.

It consists in hinging a beam to the front end ofone ofthe runners and combining it with the axle of the rear carriage by means of a hinged prop or fulcrum and an adjustable lever, in such a manner that an auxiliary traveling wheel can be mounted at the side of the carriage, to be raised and lowered at pleasure and to actuate the seed -dropping and marking mechanism When desired, as hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 ofmy drawings is atop or plan view, 2 5 and Fig. 2 a perspective view, showing my invention combined with a corn-planter. Together they illustrate the construction, application, and operation of my complete invention.

a is a beam linked or hinged to the front end of one of the runners by means of a hook and eye, or in any suitable way so that it can be readily attached and detached.

1) is a post pivoted to the end of the car- 3 5 riage-axle, to extend upward aside of the carriage-Wheel. c is a hand-lever pivoted to the top end of the post or pivoted fulcrum b, so

that its long arm extends inward toward the drivers seat, and its short arm is connected with the rear end of the beam a by means of a link, d.

c is a stub-axle fixed to the rear end of the hinged beam a. It has an extension, f, that bends upward over the carriage-wheel, and is 5 linked to the central portion of the carriageframe by means of a hook and eye, or other suitable fastening device that will form a flexible connection and allow the removal of my attachment whenever desired.

G is an auxiliary wheel of enlarged oircunn ference, mounted on the stubaxle c, projecting from the flexibly-connected beam a. It has a series ofcutters extendinglaterally from its periphery, to enter the ground as the wheel revolves and to prevent it from slipping.

h is a hook extending rearward from the brace or stub-axle extension f, that is designed to engage the hand-lever a when it is depressed to elevate the rear end of the hinged beam a and the wheel G to make the wheel inopera- Live, whenever desired, by simply suspending it so it cannot engage the ground.

2 t' represent an elbow-crank pivoted to the cross-bar of the front carriage. One branch of this crank is connected with the seed-slide 6 by means of a loop or in any suitable way, and the other branch extends laterally to a point near the front end ofthe hinged beam a.

k is a pitman, connected at its front end with the elbow-crank arm iby means of ahook 7 0 and eye, and flexibly connected at its rear end with the beam at by means of a crank, Z, that is pivoted to a bearing, on, that projects upward from the beam (1.

n n is a rock-shaft, fixed to the front cross- 7 piece of the front carriage by means of suitable bearings, 0 0. It has a bend and lateral extension, 1', that engages the frontend of a markin g device thatis pivoted to the front carriage by means of a bearing s, and consists of a curved standard or beam, t, and a marker, 10, attached to its lower end, to be automatically operated to make marks in line with the points where the seeds are dropped and planted, as required to guide the driver in forming checkrows.

1 (not shown) 2 3 4 are plates, attached to the spokes of the auxiliary wheel G by means of set-screws in such a manner that they can be adjusted relative to a pin or branch, 5, pro- 0 jectin g outwardly and horizontally from the pitman 70. These plates are inclined in reverse ways to perform the functions of cams and to engage the pin 5, and thereby impart a reciprocating motion to the pitman as the complete 5 machine is advanced and the Wheel Grevolved. The pitman It thus actuated operates the bellcrank 71 z, and thereby imparts a reciprocating motion to the seed-slide at regular intervals of time to drop seeds at regular intervals of space.

The backward movement of the same pitman 70 by meansot the bell-crank t rocks the shaft a, and through the medium of the arm a: and beam it lowers the marker w to scrape the ground and make a mark therein at the same instant seeds are dropped, and the forward motion of the same pitman causes a reverse action of the parts and lifts the marker w; and by this coaetion of the parts specified marks are made in line with every other row that extends across the field at right angles to the advancing machine, to serve as a guide in directing the driver to govern the machine so as to produce straight rows.

By means of my attachment for corn-planters, planting and marking may be automatically and simultaneously performed and a field planted in check-rows Without previous marking by one person, who canride on the drivers seat and govern the machine as it is advanced to and fro across the field by means of horses attached thereto.

I claim 1. The seed-dropping attachment for cornplanters, composed of the hinged beam 0, the 25 pivoted fulcrum b, the lever 0, link d, stub-axle e, hinged stay f, having a hook, h, the auxiliary wheel G, having cam-plates 1 2 3 4, the bell-crank i i, and the pitman 70, having a pin,

5, substantially as shown and described, to be 30 operated as set forth.

2. In a corn-planter, the combination, with the hinged beam at, cam-wheel G, axle and stay 0 f, pitman k, and bell-crank i, of the rockshaft n, having arm 00 and extension r, the 35 beam t, and marker 10, all constructed and adapted to operate substantially as described.

CHARLES .A. ANDERSON.

Witnesses: D

D. D. MmAoLE, J. S. KANNAR. 

